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EP 1 333 748 A2

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(88) Date of publication A3: 23.01.2003 (43) Date of publication: 13.08.2003 Bulletin 2003/33 (21) Application number: 01993423.1 (22) Date of filing: 09.11.2001

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61B 1/00 (86) International application number: PCT/US0146/808 (87) International publication number: WO 0203/8033 (16.05.2002 Gazette 2002/20)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO SI (30) Priority: 10.11.2000 US 710288 (71) Applicant: JLJ Medical Devices International, LLC St. Louis Park, MN 55426 (US)	(72) Inventors: THOMPSON, Barry, M. Maple Grove, MN 55311 (US) DROGUE, Jeffrey, K. Minneapolis, MN 55410 (US) (74) Representative: Brandis (Freiherr von), Henning et al Strehl Schübel-HopfGroening & PartnerMaximilianstrasse 54 80538 München 80538 München (DE)